Saturday, June 7, 2014

Wishing and hoping

I was watching one of those Belmont Classics shows a couple nights ago. James wandered into the studio as the field of the 2004 race swept around the final turn. Smarty Jones was in front and just for a moment I believed that maybe this time he would win.

He didn't.

AP Photo/Frank Franklin II

I sighed and said, "That race made me cry."

James asked, "Are you going to cry if California Chrome loses?"

"I don't know," I said, "but I'll definitely cry if he wins."

Naturally, that led to a discussion of Belmonts that still have the poser to make me cry, but in a good way. We logged onto YouTube and watched Affirmed and Alydar...

AP Photo/Perez

and Secretariat.

Bob Coglianese—MCT/Landov

James was really impressed with Secretariat. "I want to see California Chrome do that!" He exclaimed.

I laughed and said, "Don't we all?"

But truthfully? I don't care about the winning margin. I just want him to win. Thirty one lengths or a short head, it's all the same to me.

AP Photo/Garry Jones

In approximately five hours, California Chrome will enter the Belmont starting gate with the wishes and hopes of a million little--and not so little--horse girls riding on his back. I don't know what will happen, but I'll be sure to have a box of Kleenex on hand.

2 comments:

Hi, I was so excited about potentially seeing my first triple crown this year so I painted a portrait model of California Chrome and made some simple tack for him! Would you like to see? Thanks for the fun post "Wishing and Hoping" I will gladly send you pictures of my Chrome if you'd like!!~M